BunnyGenetics

A Maegan Fretwell Lesson

What is genetics? the genetic code that tells an organism how to work and grow, is copied from one generation and then rewritten and recombined for the next generation. You may have heard of Gregor Johann Mendel. He was the monk whose research on peas lead to the understanding of how organisms inherit traits from their parents. Mendel studied how certain physical traits were passed from one generation of peas to the next. This research lead to the modern scientific field of genetics.

March Babies

This litter of babies have black, brown and gray spots. Color and spot patters are two seperate traits.

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Genotype and Phenotype

 

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White with Black spots	Father
Mother	White with brown spots

 

W B Father rabbit

W b Mother rabbit

Possible genetic traits

WW	WB
Wb	Bb

WW - offspring with all white fur. Dominate trait white fur.

WB - offspring with white fur and black spots. Dominate traits white and black fur.

Wb - offspring with white fur and brown spots. Dominate trait white and recessive brown fur.

Bb - offspring with black fur. Dominate trait black and recessive brown fur.

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Offspings

White with brown spots and White with Black spots

Results

Wb

WB

Genotype b (recessive)

Phenotype W, B (dominate)